Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
LPN – Free Speech Aff
Case

In the context of governments like the United States, morality must be based on citizens having the ability to consent to political authority. Otherwise that authority is coercive and illegitimate. Benhabib 94

Seyla Benhabib 94 Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher, “Deliberative Rationality and Models of Democratic Legitimacy”, Constellations Volume I, No/, 1994, Published by Blackwell Publishers
I define democratic … for being informed.
Most importantly, this requires the right to speak freely. Only by securing the right to free speech can the government be democratic. Eberle, Law @ Roger Williams, 94
(Wake Forest LR, Winter)
The Court's decision …be vigilantly investigated.
Advantage 1 – Free press
My first contention is about freedom of the press – right now restrictions on free speech are loading up on college campuses. This is a damaging precedent for student newspapers. Schuman 12/8
(Rebecca, http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2016/12/student_journalists_are_under_threat.html)
Well, here’s some …censorship is acceptable.

This justifies wide spread censorship in a diverse array of cases It’s not just about the press – it’s about the way the administration justifies a choke hold on student activities.  Lukianoff 05
(George, Samantha Harris, Foundation for Individual, Rights in Education, 2005 WL 2736313 (U.S.) (Appellate Petition, Motion and Filing) Supreme Court of the United States. Margaret L. HOSTY et al., Petitioners, v. Patricia CARTER, Respondent. No. 05-377. October 19, 2005. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Brief Amici Curiae of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; The Coalition for Student and Academic Rights; Feminists for Free Expression; The First Amendment Project; Ifeminists.Net; National Association of Scholars; Accuracy in Academia; Leadership Institute; The Individual Rights Foundation; The American Council of Trustees and Alumni; and Students for Academic Freedom in Support of Petitioners)
Commentators from … it is lost.”20

Moreover, censorship is the most important impact for student freedom. It makes students bad reporters and activists later on in their life. Free press is the most important version of free speech. Sanders 06
Chris Sanders Jd Censorship 101: Anti-Hazelwood Laws and the Preservation of Free Speech at Colleges and Universities 58 Ala. L. Rev. 159, 2006

More significantly for … an earlier time.
Advantage 2 – state control
My second contention is that instances of censorship will get misapplied. This debate comes down to who you want making decisions for you. If the government makes those decisions they will always make decisions on behalf of the powerful, not the powerless. Majeed, BA, 09
Majeed, Azhar. "Defying the Constitution: The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes." Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 7.2 (2009). CC
B. Impact on …ideas on campus.138

Additionally, restrictions on speech send the wrong message – college in particular is a time where students need to learn how to be activists before anything else. They should not have their words controlled by the state. Majeed, BA, 09
Majeed, Azhar. "Defying the Constitution: The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes." Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 7.2 (2009). CC

2. Suppression of … the college environment

And, counter speech is an effective form of speaking out and empowering students. There’s no harm to free speech. Counter speech is effective and empowers students. Calleros 95
Charles R. Calleros, Paternalism, Counterspeech, and Campus Hate-Speech Codes: A Reply to Delgado and Yun, 27 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 1249 (1995). CC

Speech as an …such partisan speech. 72

Finally, independently we need to preserve free speech. Every major civil rights movement is built on it. There is no liberty without free speech. Strossen, Former President of the ACLU, 00
Strossen, Nadine. "Incitement to hatred: Should there be a limit." S. Ill. ULJ 25 (2000): 243. CC
C. A Robust Freedom … and the lower

Tournament: Woodward | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep Serena Lyou | Judge: Abhi Yamani
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Framework
I value Morality –

In the context of governments like the United States, morality must be based on citizens having the ability to consent to political authority. Otherwise that authority is coercive and illegitimate. Benhabib 94

Seyla Benhabib 94 Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher, “Deliberative Rationality and Models of Democratic Legitimacy”, Constellations Volume I, No/, 1994, Published by Blackwell Publishers
I define democratic … for being informed
And, we should guarantee a marketplace of ideas, because the right to speak out is valuable in itself. Dwyer 01
Susan Dwyer, philosophy at University of Maryland, 2001 (http://www.umbc.edu/philosophy/dwyer/papers/freespeech.html)
Direct Nonconsequentialism Let us return … strengthen (protect) it everywhere.

Therefore, my value criterion is respecting discussion and dialogue on college campuses. This means that the judge should vote for which side best promotes discussion and dialogue at universities.

Advantage 1 – State control kills activism
My first contention is that censorship will get misapplied by the state, which will disempower potential activists. Government censorship will favor the powerful and silence the powerless. Majeed, BA, 09
Majeed, Azhar. "Defying the Constitution: The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes." Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 7.2 (2009). CC
B. Impact on Campus … ideas on campus.138
College is a time where students need to learn how to be activists before anything else. This is impossible if their words are controlled by the state. Majeed, BA, 09
Majeed, Azhar. "Defying the Constitution: The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes." Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 7.2 (2009). CC

2. Suppression of Disfavored … the college environment
Free speech enables counter speech, which empowers students. Calleros 95
Charles R. Calleros, Paternalism, Counterspeech, and Campus Hate-Speech Codes: A Reply to Delgado and Yun, 27 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 1249 (1995). CC

Speech as an … such partisan speech. 72
Every major civil rights movement is built on free speech. There is no liberty, activism or change without free speech. Strossen, Former President of the ACLU, 00
Strossen, Nadine. "Incitement to hatred: Should there be a limit." S. Ill. ULJ 25 (2000): 243. CC
C. A Robust Freedom of … on both scores.62
Advantage 2 – Civic engagement
My second contention is that restricting free speech discourages becoming involved in your community and creating change. In order to have civic engagement, we must have free speech. Civic engagement is low now – post election. Fate 17
Tom Montgomery Fate is a graduate of the Iowa nonfiction writing program and teaches creative writing at the College of DuPage in suburban Chicago, On the social conscience of nonvoting college students, USA Today Network, 1/11/17 EE

This year, too … was founded on.
Restricting speech on college campuses hinders discussion and civic engagement. Mandava 15
Mandava, Sidd of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). “The ‘Chilling Effect’ in Action: Campus Speech Codes and Political Disengagement” 6/19/2015. https://www.thefire.org/the-chilling-effect-in-action-campus-speech-codes-and-political-disengagement/ SMN

This inclination to … effective civic engagement.
Finally, Civic Engagement is the vital link to solving many real world problems. Small 06
Small 06 (Jonathan, former Americorps VISTA for the Human Services Coalition, “Moving Forward,” The Journal for Civic Commitment,  Spring, http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/Journal/Issue7/Small.jsp)
What will be … do just that.
Underview -  I will isolate additional consequences of the neg.
A) Underground- Speech Codes drives hate underground and allows communities to ignore the problem. Alexander 13
(Larry, Is Freedom of Expression a Universal Right San Diego Law Review Summer, 2013 San Diego Law Review 50 San Diego L. Rev. 707)

One commentator has …a better job.
Speech codes make racism impossible to address. Herron 94
Herron, Vince USC Law Center. 1993-1994. “INCREASING THE SPEECH: DIVERSITY, CAMPUS SPEECH CODES, AND THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH” Vol. 67:407 http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/scal67anddiv=23andid=andpage= SMN

Suppression of the … against those ideologies.
B) No solvency on Neg, speech that does real harm is banned. The most extreme examples of hate speech are already illegal and anything further kills dissent. Rosenberg 91
David Rosenberg, Racist Speech the First Amendment and Public Universities: Taking a Stand on Neutrality, 76 Cornell L. Rev. 549 (1991) Available at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/clr/vol76/iss2/6 VC
Sometimes college students … to their purpose.
And thus I affirm.

Tournament: Woodward | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep Parnika Agrawal | Judge: David McGinnis, Shruthi Krishnan, Akash Gogate
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(0:50)Framework
I value Morality –

Liberation requires free speech – people fighting for restrictions have misread their history.   Hume 15

Hume, Mick Mick Hume (born 1959) is a British journalist and author whose writing focuses on issues of free speech and freedom of the press.. Trigger Warning: Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech?. HarperCollins UK, 2015.

“What is really …and self-censorship.
Consequentially, Free speech is a gateway to every other impact. D’Souza 96
(Frances, Prof. Anthropology Oxford, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/19960425/droi/freedom_en.htm?textMode=on)

In the absence … at every turn.

(2:10)Advantage 1 – State control kills activism
My first contention is that censorship will get misapplied by the state, which will disempower potential activists. Government censorship will favor the powerful and silence the powerless. Majeed, BA, 09
Majeed, Azhar. "Defying the Constitution: The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes." Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 7.2 (2009). CC
B. Impact on Campus … ideas on campus.138
Free speech enables counter speech, which empowers students. Calleros 95
Charles R. Calleros, Paternalism, Counterspeech, and Campus Hate-Speech Codes: A Reply to Delgado and Yun, 27 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 1249 (1995). CC

Speech as an … such partisan speech. 72
Every major civil rights movement is built on free speech. There is no liberty, activism or change without free speech. Strossen, Former President of the ACLU, 00
Strossen, Nadine. "Incitement to hatred: Should there be a limit." S. Ill. ULJ 25 (2000): 243. CC
C. A Robust Freedom of … on both scores.62
(1:50)Advantage 2 – Civic engagement
My second contention is that restricting free speech discourages becoming involved in your community and creating change. In order to have civic engagement, we must have free speech. Civic engagement is low now – post election. Fate 17
Tom Montgomery Fate is a graduate of the Iowa nonfiction writing program and teaches creative writing at the College of DuPage in suburban Chicago, On the social conscience of nonvoting college students, USA Today Network, 1/11/17 EE

This year, too … was founded on.
Restricting speech on college campuses hinders discussion and civic engagement. Mandava 15
Mandava, Sidd of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). “The ‘Chilling Effect’ in Action: Campus Speech Codes and Political Disengagement” 6/19/2015. https://www.thefire.org/the-chilling-effect-in-action-campus-speech-codes-and-political-disengagement/ SMN

This inclination to … effective civic engagement.
Finally, Civic Engagement is the vital link to solving many real world problems. Small 06
Small 06 (Jonathan, former Americorps VISTA for the Human Services Coalition, “Moving Forward,” The Journal for Civic Commitment,  Spring, http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/Journal/Issue7/Small.jsp)
What will be … do just that.
(1:10)Underview -  I will isolate additional consequences of the neg.
A) Underground- Speech Codes drives hate underground and allows communities to ignore the problem. Alexander 13
(Larry, Is Freedom of Expression a Universal Right San Diego Law Review Summer, 2013 San Diego Law Review 50 San Diego L. Rev. 707)

One commentator has … a better job.
B) Hate speech codes get corrupted and devolves to majority rule – outweighs due to the possibility of culture shift. Greenwald 13
Glenn Greenwald, France's censorship demands to Twitter are more dangerous than 'hate speech', January 2, 2013, The Gaurdian EE
 
But there are … bad or worse.

C) No solvency on Neg, speech that does real harm is banned. The most extreme examples of hate speech are already illegal and anything further kills dissent. Rosenberg 91
David Rosenberg, Racist Speech the First Amendment and Public Universities: Taking a Stand on Neutrality, 76 Cornell L. Rev. 549 (1991) Available at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/clr/vol76/iss2/6 VC
Sometimes college students … to their purpose.
And thus I affirm.